OT: RIP Fruit Stripe Gum

[bac2therac]

Another piece of our childhood gone

Fruit Stripe gum discontinued after more than 50 years: ‘Difficult decision’

The candy company, which also produces Red Hots and Runts, told FOX Business that the move was a “difficult decision.”

www.google.com

 

[Fat-Tony]

My heart is broken. Perhaps if they had develpoed a way for the flavor to last longer than 35 seconds.

 

[bac2therac]

 

[WhiteBus]

My heart is broken. Perhaps if they had develpoed a way for the flavor to last longer than 35 seconds.

So true

 

[zappaa]

I remember buying Fruit Stripe Gum for 5 cents a pack.
I was pissed when taxes kicked in and it rose to 6 cents.
Pixy Stix were also 5 cents

 

[Ty Webb]

My heart is broken. Perhaps if they had develpoed a way for the flavor to last longer than 35 seconds.

I was a never big gum chewer and that's probably because I remember as a kid chewing this and it felt like you had putty in your mouth after 5 seconds. LOL.

 

[RUPete]

I don't even remember this gum. I do remember Freshen Up and Bubble Yum - you know, the ones with the spider eggs in them...

 

[zappaa]

I was a never big gum chewer and that's probably because I remember as a kid chewing this and it felt like you had putty in your mouth after 5 seconds. LOL.

You couldn’t chew it after eating chocolate, it would disintegrate in your mouth.
We would roll them up and don’t remember them tasting anything but delicious

 

[ashokan]

Singapore banned chewing gum years ago and that was smart.

Why Singapore banned chewing gum

Lee Kuan Yew, who died on Monday at the age of 91, personified the country's ban on sales of chewing gum - what was it about gum he so disliked?

www.bbc.com

 

[Fat-Tony]

The problem was that you kept having to add another stick to the gum in your mouth to supplement the flavor. After about 10 minutes, you had stuffed the whole pack into your mouth and were chewing 17 sticks of gum at once. That being said, I am now on a quest to go purchase as much as I can find. Candy is one of the greatest prompts for childhood nostalgia. I got my mom a vending case of Chuckles (the 5 Chuckles pack) for Christmas. She was beyond excited and said that it made her feel like a kid again. I apparently have been overspending and buying the wrong things for decades. LOL.

 

[RW90]

As much as I remember these and their short term flavor, I didn't even know they were still in production?

 

[RU Mike73]

Wow devastated. Was originally a Beechnut brand. “Yikes, stripes Beechnuts’ got ‘em.”

 

[Source]

Just in case you were wondering if some candy from the distant past is still around:

https://www.justcandy.com/categories/nostalgic-candy

https://www.candynation.com/candy-types/retro-candy

50s Candy - Old Time Candy Filled Christmas Stockings, Retro Candy, Candy From The 50s - (CLOSED )

Old

www.retrocandyonline.com

 

[Source]

Fruit Stripe Gum will be buried in the candy cemetery with:

Discontinued Candy - Candy Favorites

A list of discontinued candies that are sadly no longer available - sweet nostalgic memories, as it were

www.candyfavorites.com

 

[BigRnj]

Singapore banned chewing gum years ago and that was smart.

Why Singapore banned chewing gum

Lee Kuan Yew, who died on Monday at the age of 91, personified the country's ban on sales of chewing gum - what was it about gum he so disliked?

www.bbc.com

Outside of the more hoity-toity areas in Singapore the sidewalks near bus stops look a bit like sidewalks everywhere… dirty wads of gum peppering them (albeit fewer wads since you can’t rally buy gum there). So like most bans it doesn’t completely work.

 

[Knightmoves]

Just in case you were wondering if some candy from the distant past is still around:

https://www.justcandy.com/categories/nostalgic-candy

https://www.candynation.com/candy-types/retro-candy

50s Candy - Old Time Candy Filled Christmas Stockings, Retro Candy, Candy From The 50s - (CLOSED )

Old

www.retrocandyonline.com

Root Beer Barrels never lost their flavor.

 

[ashokan]

Outside of the more hoity-toity areas in Singapore the sidewalks near bus stops look a bit like sidewalks everywhere… dirty wads of gum peppering them (albeit fewer wads since you can’t rally buy gum there). So like most bans it doesn’t completely work.

Americans no doubt!

 

[NickRU714]

Just in case you were wondering if some candy from the distant past is still around:

https://www.justcandy.com/categories/nostalgic-candy

https://www.candynation.com/candy-types/retro-candy

50s Candy - Old Time Candy Filled Christmas Stockings, Retro Candy, Candy From The 50s - (CLOSED )

Old

www.retrocandyonline.com

The candy store in Cape May had picks of candy cigarettes.
Got a couple for my kids this past summer and they loved them.

 

[newell138]

I was more a fan of Black Jack licorice gum

 

[Scarlet Haze]

Oh the humanity!

 

[runrayrun]

The worst thing was that flat slab of pink gum that came in baseball card packs. But it made the cards smell good.

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

I don't even remember this gum. I do remember Freshen Up and Bubble Yum - you know, the ones with the spider eggs in them...

Bubble Yum was the cool gum